Cooper,L.L. Tucson CD

When it comes to salt-of-the-earth working-class roots-rock, groups don't come much more solid than Ll Cooper, the semi-eponymous band led by Houston/Austin roots vet Larry Cooper... On Old Hardin Store Road, Cooper proved his (Houston Press) Best Songwriter nomination is no joke. His soulful, semi-psychedelic roots-rock (Stones, Son Volt, Neil Young) is set to return on his follow-up LP Tucson... Reminiscent of the Bottle Rockets, Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt and Alejandro Escovedo, Cooper's not kidding around on lyrics like 'When the bottle's your only friend, you're coughing up the blood, and your lungs will start to flood'.... Chris Gray, Houston Press Larry Cooper possesses the kind of voice that sticks with you; it's deep, dark, with a touch of sly sarcasm." Sara Cress, '...a reminder of what country-rock used to be back when Gram Parsons was at the helm, long before it had it's own magazine. Cooper's not playing to a scene, or keeping up an image - he's just doing his thing, and damn, does he do it well." Nicholas L. Hall, Houston Press.

1. El Pinguino, Lost in the Desert 2. Tucson 3. Snapshot 4. Behind 5. Topsy Turvy 6. Stir It Up 7. Wearing Your Ring 8. Open Guitar Case 9. Swaggerin', Staggerin' 10. Punching Out 11. So 12. Pullman Company Man 13. Do This Thing 14. Hippie Riviera